1. Drugs Gangs Violence Incarceration
Print & Web Resources
Compiled by Reba Tierney

2. Cautionary Drug Tales Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks)
Crank Series by Ellen Hopkins
Beauty Queen by Linda Glovach

3. Addiction A Hero Ain’t Nothing but a Sandwich by Alice Childress
Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers
Bottled Up by Jaye Murray

4. Addiction Smack by Melvin Burgess
The Year of my Miraculous Reappearance by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going

5. Raw Deal Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen
Rx by Tracy Lynn (Elisabeth J. Braswell)
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

6. Steroids Gym Candy by Carl Deuker Crackback by John Coy
Boost by Kathy Mackel

7. Gang Mentality The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Durango Street by Frank Bonham
Drive-By by Lynne Ewing
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri

8. No Way Out? Snitch by Allison van Diepen
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez
If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser
Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers

9. Star-Crossed Lovers Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

10. A Way of Life Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman Party Girl by Lynne Ewing
Locas: a novel by Yxta Maya Murray
The Brothers Torres by Coert Vorhees

11. The Life Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King & Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez
Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen by Reymundo Sanchez & Sonia Rodriguez

12. School Violence Lockdown by Diane Tullson
Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
Shooter by Walter Dean Myers

13. Juvie Nathan’s Run by John Gilstrap The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
We Were Here by Matt De la Pena

14. Alternative Placements
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Boot Camp by Todd Strasser
Holes by Louis Sachar

15. Alternative Placements
The Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin
Getting Somewhere by Beth Neff
Shock Point by April Henry

16. Dealing With Family in Prison
Tyrell & Bronxwood by Coe Booth
Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon
Stay With Me by Paul Griffin
Pull by B.A. Binns

17. Making Choices Muchacho by LouAnne Johnson
Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Pain & Wastings by Carrie Mac

18. Doing Time Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Looking for J.J. by Anne Cassidy
Rikers High by Paul Volponi

19. True Crime Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada
Hard Time: A Real Life Look at Juvenile Crime & Violence by Janet Bode & Stan Mack

20. Websites
Children of Prisoners Library
Teen Help
The Coroner’s Report: Information and Resources on Gang Intervention and Prevention
National Gang Center
Gang Information-FBI us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs

21. Taken from www.amazon.com & www.goodreads.com
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